McDonald, Ryan Rodger(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-12)

Community-associated infections are a significant public health concern worldwide. In particular, epidemic and emerging antibiotic-resistant bacteria associated with skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) are becoming more ...

Reiser, Sarah Jane(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-07)

Health anxiety refers to excessive preoccupation or worry about one’s health. A number
of childhood experiences have been linked to the development of health anxiety in
adulthood; however, the influence of childhood abuse ...

Ahmadi, Seyedruhallah(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-07)

Suppose G is a connected complex Lie group and 􀀀 is a discrete subgroup
such that X := G=􀀀 is K ahler and the codimension of the top non{vanishing
homology group of X with coe cients in Z2 is less than or equal to ...

Prystay-Thiessen, Tara Lynn(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

This narrative inquiry (Clandinin & Connelly, 2000) inquires into the lives of three teachers, Anne-Marie, Lucy, and me. As three co-researchers we inquired into our stories of experiences which we lived out as children ...

Wiens, Jeanette Rhoda Peters(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2014-03)

This study explores the occurrence of and motivations for code-switching
between Dene Sųłiné and English on the Buffalo River Dene Nation, a small
community in northern Saskatchewan. The complex history of social scientific ...

Peluso, Daniel(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition associated with
diffuse impairment and distress. The onset of PTSD requires a traumatic stressor, an
event in which an individual experienced or was ...

Desmarais, Diedre Alexandria(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-03)

In this dissertation I examine colonialism through the theoretical lens of racialized power relations. I consider the identity regulation imposed upon Aboriginal peoples and extrapolate the impact of colonialism on the ...

Gardiner, Laura Elaine(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

My research focused on the comparative ecology of three sympatric snake species
which are of conservation concern in southwestern Saskatchewan: eastern yellow-bellied
racers (Coluber constrictor flaviventris), a Threatened ...

Peng, Jinglin(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-11)

The stereo vision system has been widely used in recent years. The imaging
process of a camera consists in projection from a three dimensional world to a two
dimensional image in which one dimension of information has ...

Gunasekaran, Prakashpathi(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-09)

One of the major problems associated with the amine-based carbon dioxide (CO2)
capture process is corrosion of process components, which results in unexpected
downtime, production loss, and even major fatalities. Most ...

Zhou, Bing(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-07)

Bayesian inference and rough set theory provide two approaches to data analysis.
There are close connections between the two theories as they both use probabilities to
express uncertainties and knowledge about data. ...

Luo, Weiguo(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-12-20)

Abundant heavy oil reserves and increasing demands for energy have encouraged
more and more interest in the exploitation of heavy oil. The recovery of heavy oil is
challenging due to its high viscosity. The thermal ...

DeSantis, Gloria Christina(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2008-12)

There appears to be little data on the social policy advocacy work of the voluntary
social service sector, also known as community-based organizations (CBOs), in Canada
and their role in helping to create healthier ...

Eastmure, Lori R.(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-09)

In the Yukon Territory, significant social, political and legal efforts have been put
in place to articulate equality between First Nations and non-First Nations people, not as
equality based on good will, but equity as ...

Peng, Wei(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-07)

A set of methodologies is proposed for dealing with uncertainties in five fields. These fields are: (1) traffic noise impact assessment, (2) hydraulic reliability assessment and reliability based optimization, (3) binary ...

Zhang, Tian Li(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-08)

The main purpose of this thesis is to discuss quantum decoherence in the frame-
work of operator algebras. We will define several types of decoherence of quantum
Markov systems based on the original notion introduced by ...

Kerr, Samantha Alicia(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-11)

Water resources of the southwestern Canadian Prairies are limited and sensitive to changes in climate and land cover. An increasing demand for water resources has increased vulnerability to hydrological drought. Because ...